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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Data protection in the state of Lower Saxony

Data protection protects against the misuse of personal data by third parties.

Technological progress makes it possible to collect personal data ever faster and more extensively. Both public authorities and the private sector process a great deal of information about applicants and their customers. Name, address and birth data are stored as well as information, e.g. on purchasing behavior or income. It is becoming increasingly difficult for citizens to keep track of who is storing data, what information it is and, above all, whether this data processing is also permitted.

The responsibility lies with the State Commissioner for Data Protection (LfD).

In the public sector , the right to informational self-determination acts as a defensive right against the state and offers protection against inadmissible and, above all, excessive data storage by state agencies. This protection is guaranteed above all by the principle of data collection from the data subject, the principle of necessity as well as by earmarking regulations and the independent control activities of the LfD.

In Lower Saxony, as in all other federal states, a supervisory authority also monitors compliance with data protection in the non-public sector. The competent supervisory authority for data protection vis-à-vis private bodies based in Lower Saxony is also the LfD.

State Commissioner for Data Protection (LfD)

No documents are required.

There are no fees.

There are no deadlines to be observed.

Further information:

Virtual Data Protection Office - An information service provided by the public data protection authorities

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

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